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A splash of carved red coral that caught my eye in Odile Landragin’s garden yesterday.
And here we all are again…
Shanghai, China – Mumbai, India – New York City (NY), USA – Manila, Philippines – Albuquerque (NM), USA – Hamburg, Germany – Stayton (OR), USA – Los Angeles (CA), USA – Hyde, UK – Oslo, Norway – Brookville (OH), USA – Melbourne, Australia – Stavanger, Norway – Bellefonte (PA), USA – Bucaramanga (Santander), Colombia – Joplin (MO), USA – Singapore, Singapore – Selma (AL), USA – Cleveland (OH), USA – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Chandler (AZ), USA – Stockholm, Sweden – Seattle (WA), USA – Boston (MA), USA – Arradon, France – Evry, France – Baton Rouge (LA), USA – Maple Ridge (BC), Canada – Boston (MA), USA – Grenoble, France – Cottage Grove (MN), USA – Greenville (SC), USA – Hilo (HI), USA – Nelson, New Zealand – La Antigua, Guatemala – Brisbane (QLD), Australia – Singapore, Singapore – Tel Aviv, Israel – Hong Kong, China – Sequim (WA), USA – Paderborn, Germany – Saarbrücken, Germany – Rotterdam, Netherlands – Tenerife, Spain – Kyoto, Japan – Tokyo, Japan – Sydney, Australia – Naples (FL), USA – Cologne (NRW), Germany – Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands – Saint Louis (MO), USA – Cypress (TX), USA – Ocean Township (NJ), USA – Mainz, Germany – Toruń, Poland – Menton, France – Monte Carlo, Monaco – Singapore, Singapore – North Bay (ON), Canada – Jakarta, Indonesia – Montréal (QC), Canada – Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Minneapolis (MN), USA – Baziège, France – San Diego (CA), USA – Prague, Czech Republic – Ampang (Selangor), Malaysia – New York (NY), USA – Kajang (Selangor), Malaysia – Sharon (CT), USA – Newcastle (NSW), Australia – Port Angeles (WA), USA – Nottingham, UK – Villigen, Switzerland – Chicago (IL), USA – Torquay, UK – Brussels, Belgium – San Diego (CA), USA – Mexico (DF), Mexico – Saint Paul (MN), USA – Cape Town, South Africa – Paris, France – Seoul, Korea – Manila, Philippines – Milano, Italy – Austin (TX), USA – Chennai, India – Madrid, Spain – Seoul, South Korea – Wailea (HI), USA – Toronto (ON), Canada – Ajaccio, France – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Silver Spring (MD), USA – Zurich, Switzerland – Sydney, Australia – Budapest, Hungary – Moscow, Russia – Auckland, New Zealand – Torino, Italy
Odile Landragin has been here before and she’ll be back again, because her garden in the Herman-Ehlers-Strasse in Mainz-Gonsenheim is unique. (And if she was looking for an apprentice, I’d happily work there.)
I get groans when I say it’s an “odyllic spot”, but it has to be seen to be believed.
And one good thing about the (almost) non-stop rain over the last 4 weeks is that a) it cuts our water bill and b) makes Odille’s garden look even more lush.
This weekend, she’s hosting Dorothee Wenz, a ceramic artist and Elke Wolf, a goldsmith who doesn’t have a website I can link to..
They’ve spread themselves out throughout the greenhouses and garden, with just excellent displays.
Rings in a bed of sand suspended in glass jars, Dorothee’s tall ceramics (that always remind me of Dr Seuss’s animals for some reason) in a sunken garden. ear studs in pots of wheat grass. (More over at Flickr, if you’re interested)
So – all in all – a good afternoon out.
(And there was free cider and apricot flan..)
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>Nice old statue. I almost missed the red.
>A discreet sign of red, one of the most refined and delicate today.AND the free cider and apricot flan convinced me that this must be a great place!!!
>Beautiful – I love it! I have a classic Wisconsin rural scene for Theme Day today.
>awesome idea and capture.
>a nice, quiet spot of red
>I would have gone just for the apricot flan!
>Your photo reminds me of a Lladro collection we have started. The art work is very fine … The garden in the Herman-Oehler-Strasse should beautiful.
>Tres beau, tres poetique, et tres fragile. j’adore. bravo pour cette idee pour le theme du mois Very beautiful, very poetic, and very fragile. I adore. cheer for this idea for the topic of the month
>A tasteful and understated piece of visual artistry. Bravo.
>I do like your choice and the way you worked.
>nice spot of red for today’s theme 🙂 less is more 😉 It’s an artistic shot
>Interesting and subtle. Thanks for the links, too. PS. Apricot flan–sounds great!!
>I tought you put a rose there at first and when I enlarged it looks like it is fake. Nice discovery.
>Very nice, JB.
>Now this subtle! And simply beautiful. Excellent.
>a gorgeous sculpture
>I like the way you continued the red them all the way through the links.
>Nice spot of red. I almost did something similar but ended up doing another Time magazine cover.Abraham LincolnBrookville Daily Photo—Me as Moses